Monroe Fire Chief Marks 50 Years With Department
O H Kundert, retiring Monroe fire chief, observes his 50th anniversary in the department from April 29 1898. He recalls early days with Hook and Ladder Co No 1, a limited equipment era, the 1914 Miller Manufacturing Co fire, and his rise to chief in 1936. He received a 50 year gold badge this week.
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O. H. Kundert
Monroe
A Fire Department
Kundert
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1
Oscar Riley
Joshua Streiff
Hook and Ladder Co
Milwaukee Road
Miller Manufacturing Co
Monroe Sales Co
Karlen
May
Herald
D. C. Ryan
Arthur J. Schindler
19Th Avenue
Streiff
Repeal of Oleo Tax Heads to Senate Battle
The House voted 260 to 106 to repeal 62 year old federal oleo taxes. Senator Taft leads the push for passage while Senate committees clash over jurisdiction. Dairy states seek to block the bill though some senators expect it to pass as in the House. South Carolina and Florida dairy and oil interests shape the debate.
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Francis M. LeMay
Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Agriculture and Finance Committees
Agriculture Committee
Millikin
Rcole
Finance Committee
Thye
R-Minn
Senate Agriculture Committee
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Pepper
D-Fla
South Carolina
Florida
Racine Teens Caught After Auto Thefts Across Counties
Three Racine youths aged 14 and 16 confessed to stealing three cars in Racine Elk Horn Walworth County and Janesville. Police recovered the vehicles and the trio were held for Racine juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Racine
Elkhorn
Walworth County
Monroe Volunteer Fire Chief Advisory Vote Fails
The Monroe volunteer fire department’s advisory vote on a new fire chief was inconclusive and prompted the Fire and Police Commission to call for a second advisory ballot. Commission chairman Rodney Kittelsen said the May 1 resignation of Chief Kundert prompted the vote, with no candidate gaining a majority. A second vote will consider the top two or three candidates.
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Monroe
Department
Commission
Klassy Named Head of James Manufacturing Co.
Ernest R. Klassy of Monticello and Monroe has been elected president of the James Manufacturing Co. Ft. Atkinson to succeed the late W D James. Klassy has served the firm 28 years in roles from assistant controller to vice president and is a Wisconsin graduate with siblings and cousins in Monticello and Monroe.
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Ernest R. Klassy
Monticello
Monroe
James Manufacturing Co
Ft. Atkinson
W. D. James
James
Klassy
Monticello High School
University of Wisconsin
Anna Elmer
Louise Pierce
Henry
William
Herman Klassy
Misses Mae
Caroline Klassy
Union Employes End Stock Exchange Strike
Union employees ended a month long strike against the New York stock exchange by accepting a pay raise package. Police and pickets clashed during the protest with dramatic acts including a lie down in the street. The offer sets weekly wages at 3 dollars for earnings up to 49 dollars 4 dollars for 50 to 74 dollars and 5 dollars for over 74 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Military Chiefs Seek Peacetime Force Of Two Million
The joint chiefs of staff propose a peacetime defense force totaling about two million to balance diplomacy and deterrence. They outline specific counts for army navy air force and marine corps including divisions ships carriers and air groups within the national security framework.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs’ Organization
Army
Navy
Air Force
Adm
William D. Leahy
Defense Forrestal
Security Council
Forrestal
New York City
Joint Chiefs
National Guard
Marine Corps
Gasoline Drained From Verona Gravel Tank
The Dane county sheriff reports about 4000 gallons of gasoline drained from a Hartland Verona Gravel Corp storage tank. An opened valve allowed the fuel to spill onto the ground during the night, valued at about 1000 dollars for company trucks and equipment operation.
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Verona
Dane County Sheriff's Office
Hartland-Verona Gravel Corp
Fight over Condon May Hold Up Funds
Washington reports a clash between Congress and the White House over Dr. Edward A. Condon loyalty files that could delay funding for the State, Commerce and Justice departments. A conference panel must seek a compromise as Commerce resists surrender of FBI material to the un American activities committee.
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Condon
Washington
Congress
White House
Edward A. Condon
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
un-American Activities Committee
Secretary of Commerce
FBI
Anti Red Measure Hits Snag in House
Washington reports a proposed anti red bill facing a temporary blockade in the House. Rep Mundt claims strong support while Speaker Martin pushes funding priorities first. The measure, approved by HUAC, would ban attempts to establish a foreign controlled dictatorship in the United States and may wait until May.
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Washington
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
America
Martin
R-Mass
House
Senate
UN American Activities Committee
United States
British Rail Labor Talks Collapse Threatens Nationwide Strike
Federal mediators held talks with labor representatives in Chicago to avert a nationwide railroad walkout set for May 11. Frank Douglass and Francis A. O Neill Jr. from the National Railway Mediation Board arrived to push a wage dispute resolution as two unions threaten a 150000 member strike.
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Chicago
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Washington
Douglas
Douglass
National Mediation Board
John Thad Scott Jr
Houston
Tex
New York
Frank P. Douglass
Oklahoma City
O'Neill
Armies Edge Toward Palestine as Arabs Reject Peace Plan
Egypt and Iraq announce large army movements toward Palestine while fighting flares in Jaffa and the Jordan valley. Arab leaders reject a French plan for an international force at Jerusalem. Jews support a 1000 man elite UN police contingent for holy sites.
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Egypt
Iraq
Palestine
Associated Press
Manshieh
Jaffa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Jordan River
Trans-Jordan
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Besian
Arab Legion
Abdullah
Amman
Gesher
Jordan Valley
Dessouki Abaza
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
United Nations
Arab National Committee
Jewish Agency
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Holy
Holy Land
Zvai Leumi
Bat Yam
Jamal Husseini
Arab Higher Committee For
U. N
Moshe Shertok
Publishers Attorneys Question ITU Head at Hearing
Washington attorneys for newspaper publishers questioned ITU President Woodruff Randolph at a hearing over charges the AFL typographical union violated the Taft Hartley act.
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Washington
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
AFL
Walter Elmer Dies In Farm Milk Tank Tragedy
Walter Elmer 24 a farmhand drowned in a milk cooling tank at Joseph A Pilgrim farm nine miles northeast of Rockford yesterday morning. The body was found about ten minutes after he left the barn by James Pilgrim son of the farm operator. Elmer a Navy veteran from Arpin Wisconsin had been employed two months. He is survived by a mother four aunts and other relatives with services at Long Klontz funeral home Rockford.
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Walter Elmer
Joseph A. Pilgrim
Rockford
Elmer
Jacob Elmer
Monroe
James Pilgrim
Arpin
Wood County
Wis
Fannie Elmer
Lee Germann
Herman Reger
Baline Ruegger
Park Falls
Anna Elmer
Monroe Co H soldiers endure camp life and launch a war record
The article chronicles Company H of Monroe as they adapt to army life at Camp Harvey, endure early drills and discipline, face cold nights and scarce straw, and note humor and hardship. It mentions Cadets Ned Schoenfield John Blotz George Walker and Bill Fessen den, the visit by Senator John L. Mitchell, and the May 14 muster with Tampa, Fla. as the destination.
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Co. H
Hunkadory Babler
Ned Schoenfield
John Blotz
George Walker
Bill Fessenden
the Times
U. S. Army
Tampa
Fla
South
Consulate Reports Lobs Heirs in Northern Greece
The American consulate at Salonika reports Greek heirs to James Lobs of Monticello in county court probate. Christos Giannekas, Lobs’ brother, and Aglaia Makris, his niece, are identified in a governor general statement from Thessaloniki. A Dorothy Steer claim for room and board for Lobs was settled out of court.
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James Lobs
Monticello
Salonika
Greece
Lobs
Thessalonikis
Christos Giannekas
Dryovounon
Aglaia
Demetrios Makris
Melidonion-Voion
Van Horn Blocks Miners Pensions
Ezra Van Horn, trustees for the coal miners welfare fund, blocked $100 monthly pensions by denying signature authority on pension checks. He warned banks holding $34 million that payments require his sign. Banks involved include National Savings and Trust Co in Washington with $33 million and Central National Bank of Cleveland with $1 million. Lewis and Bridges moved $5 million into a pension account, aiming to start pensions, but paperwork will take weeks before distributions begin.
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Washington
Ezra van Horn
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
National Savings and Trust Co
Central National Bank of Cleveland
Lewis
Bridges
Horn
City’s New Inhalator Saves Darlington Boy
A fire department inhalator purchased after year’s start helped save 7 year old Joseph Rielly at his Willow township home. Firemen and Dr N A McGreane gave oxygen on the way to St Joseph’s hospital in Dodgeville where the boy remains in serious condition.
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Darlington
Joseph Rielly
Walter Rielly
Willow Township
Here
N. A. McGreane
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Dodgeville
Neighbors Rally to Help Farm Family in Tragic Crash
In Millbrook Illinois neighbors mobilized a large aid effort at the 300 acre Bryant farm after a tractor accident last week killed Harlan Bryant’s wife and five year old son who were riding to the fields to assist. The community organized support as Bryant faced the loss.
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Millbrook
Ill
Harlan Bryant
Bryant
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James Co
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Verona Firm
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of America
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Long-Klontz Funeral Home
History of
State Fair
Wilbur Goddard
U. S
John L. Mitchell
Camp Harvey
Air Forces
Gen
Billy Mitchell
Sergeant Phillips
Corporal Dodge
van Horn
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